Sales Support Consultant

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Your Work Shapes the World at Caterpillar Inc.

When you join Caterpillar, you're joining a global team who cares not just about the work we do – but also about each other.  We are the makers, problem solvers, and future world builders who are creating stronger, more sustainable communities. We don't just talk about progress and innovation here – we make it happen, with our customers, where we work and live. Together, we are building a better world, so we can all enjoy living in it.

About Customer Solutions Growth Regions Division

This team, alongside dealers, engages closely with customers to create, customize and adapt solutions to meet their needs by leveraging the extensive range of offerings available today across products and services, digital and technology, rental and used, and financing.

The division is regionally focused on Africa, the Middle East, Eurasia, Asia (excluding Japan), and Latin America (LATAM) and organized into three functional areas: Customer Facing, Customer Solutions and Business Enablers.

Job Summary
Supports and drives achievement of the business plan in India/Indo/SEA Region by monitoring the business and generating regional product requirement and commercial recommendations that contribute to both the short-term and long-term initiatives of these plans.

What You Will Do

• Consulting with the solution development teams, product groups, other critical business partners and dealers in developing and implementing customer solutions designed to maximize product value and price and customer outcomes.

• Designing correct business plan shortfalls and capitalizing on identified incremental sales opportunities for Maintenance & General Repair Parts.

• Developing new prospects, communicating dealer and customer facing value selling materials, conducting trainings to internal and dealer team, finding opportunities to introduce the products and services for Maintenance & General Repair Parts.

• Resolving issues related to the products and overall commercial performance in the territory.

• Supporting and driving omni channel coverage and sales initiatives

• Overseeing Parts STU growth, demand fluctuations, and regional customer requirements.

What You Have
Customer Focus: Knowledge of the values and practices that align customer needs and satisfaction as primary considerations in all business decisions and ability to lever age that information in creating customized customer solutions.

• Facilitates creation of the 'right' products and services to resolve customer business issues.

• Fosters strong customer relationships via delivery on commitments, open communication, and on-going feedback/improvement.

• Advises others on creating customer focused environments in various scenarios.

• Anticipates customer needs, focusing efforts to proactively meet needs and exceed customer expectations.

• Measures and observes customer satisfaction levels to ascertain and implement service improvement alternatives.

• Communicates and models the criticality of customer focus as an organizational strategy.

Industry Knowledge: Knowledge of the organization's industry group, trends, directions, major issues, regulatory considerations, and trendsetters; ability to apply industry knowledge appropriately to diverse situations.

• Discusses industry-specific flagship products and services.

• Demonstrates current knowledge of the regulatory environment for industry segment.

• Describes the contribution of own function as it relates to the industry segment.

• Participates in major industry professional associations; subscribes to industry-specific publications.

• Currently works with a major industry segment and associated functions and features.

Decision Making and Critical Thinking: Knowledge of the decision-making process and associated tools and techniques; ability to accurately analyze situations and reach productive decisions based on informed judgment.

• Applies an assigned technique for critical thinking in a decision-making process.

• Identifies, obtains, and organizes relevant data and ideas.

• Participates in documenting data, ideas, players, stakeholders, and processes.

• Recognizes, clarifies, and prioritizes concerns.

• Assists in assessing risks, benefits and consideration of alternatives.

Effective Communications: Understanding of effective communication concepts, tools and techniques; ability to effectively transmit, receive, and accurately interpret ideas, information, and needs through the application of appropriate communication behaviors.

• Delivers helpful feedback that focuses on behaviors without offending the recipient.

• Listens to feedback without defensiveness and uses it for own communication effectiveness.

• Makes oral presentations and writes reports needed for own work.

• Avoids technical jargon when inappropriate.

• Looks for and considers non-verbal cues from individuals and groups.

Negotiating: Knowledge of successful negotiation concepts and techniques; ability to negotiate successfully across the organization and with external vendors and clients in a constructive and collaborative manner.

• Describes qualities of effective and ineffective negotiations.

• Explains the basic concepts of negotiating.

• Accesses organizational policies and practices for negotiating.

• Utilizes techniques for establishing rapport and building trust.

Relationship Management: Knowledge of relationship management techniques; ability to establish and maintain healthy working relationships with clients, vendors, and peers.

• Provides prompt and effective responses to client requests and interactions.

• Monitors client satisfaction levels on a regular basis.

• Alerts own team to problems in client satisfaction.

• Differentiates the roles and responsibilities in a business relationship.

• Works with clients to address critical issues and resolve major problems.

Business Development: Knowledge of business development tools, techniques and approaches; ability to explore and develop potential areas of business growth for the organization.

• Describes the main technologies and tools used in similar or competing products or services.

• Identifies industry groups that would benefit from the organization's products and services.

• Identifies potential markets for the organization's products or services.

• Assesses the key components of an organization's business development plan.

Value Selling: Knowledge of the principles and practices for selling products, technology and services; ability to provide overall product/service 'value' and to differentiate support offerings that address clearly understood customer needs.

• Presents product, technology or service costs and benefits in reaction to prospect or customer requests.

• Describes general concepts, practices and benefits of value-based versus product selling.

• Documents proposed product/service solutions to be presented to potential customers.

• Pursues additional 'value selling' education or training to enhance traditional sales practices.

Top Candidate Will Also Have

• Understanding of E-Commerce
• Strong understanding of aftermarket commodities and industry trends
   

Additional information

• Travel: approximately 30% business travel within assigned territory.

• This position requires working onsite five days a week.

How We Support You (Employee Benefits)

Our goal at Caterpillar is for you to have a rewarding career. Our teams are critical to the success of our customers who build a better world. Here you earn more than just wage, because we value your performance, we offer a total rewards package that provides day one benefits along with the potential of a variable bonus. Additional benefits include paid annual leave, flexi leave, medical and insurance. (prorated based upon hire date).

Final Details

Caterpillar is not currently hiring individuals for this position who now or in the future require sponsorship for employment visa status; however, as a global company, Caterpillar offers many job opportunities outside of Singapore which can be found through our employment website at www.caterpillar.com/careers.

About Caterpillar

Caterpillar Inc. is the world’s leading manufacturer of construction and mining equipment, off-highway diesel and natural gas engines, industrial gas turbines and diesel-electric locomotives. For 100 years, we’ve been helping customers build a better, more sustainable world and are committed and contributing to a reduced-carbon future. Our innovative products and services, backed by our global dealer network, provide exceptional value that helps customers succeed. 

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